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EXCLUSIVE: Broken English Productions has set Anthony Nardolillo to direct crime-action heist feature Shelter, marking their second collaboration after Omar Chaparro starrer 7th & Union.

BTS rapper and songwriter Kim Namjoon, better known as RM, has said that the NBC sitcom Friends helped him learn to speak English. The best-selling Korean pop group appeared on the newly released Friends reunion special, as one of several celebrity guests to voice their admiration for the series.

© HBO MAX Friends: hbo max friends the reunion release date However, HBO Max is only available to those who live in America and so cannot be accessed by international viewers. Luckily for the UK, there are alternative ways in which to watch the Friends special.

James Argent is in training to swim the English Channel after shedding four stone.The Towie Arg recently had a gastric sleeve fitted to help him slim down from more than 27 stone, saying he gained weight after overcoming a drug and booze addiction.

EXCLUSIVE: Annabel Abbs’ period cookery novel Miss Eliza’s English Kitchen is set for a television adaptation after CBS Studios and Stampede Ventures optioned the rights.

Line of Duty's Martin Compston confused English fans of the hit cop show after he replied to a bar that featured his face on their new mural. The Old Bank Bar in Martin's hometown of Greenock featured an incredible artwork of his face on their wall following a recent refurb.

Sky has confirmed what we told you earlier this week: that it will be the home of the Friends: The Reunion in the UK and Ireland.

Netflix, Sky Team For Writing Fellowship Netflix and Sky have joined forces with Sex Education writer Bisha K Ali to launch a UK screenwriting fellowship for people from under-represented backgrounds. The scheme offers up to six successful applicants the chance to join a year-long program, during which they will receive £22,568 ($32,000) to write a spec script for an original idea, as well take on a placement in a Sky or Netflix writers’ room.

Another Round, Thomas Vinterberg's brilliant Oscar-winning Danish movie (it deservedly won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film), is going to be getting an English remake starring Leonardo DiCaprio, who is also producing it. The remake reports were met with some harsh criticism while many wondered why Mads Mikkelsen didn't just reprise his titular role as Martin.

Epix has found its Billy the Kid. British actor Tom Blyth will star as the famous American outlaw in Billy the Kid, Epix’s hourlong drama series, written by Vikings and The Tudors creator Michael Hirst.

Naman Ramachandran In today’s Global Bulletin, the English Premier League renews rights deals for three years; Stephen Graham-starrer “Boiling Point” sells wide; NENT Group sets terrorism drama “Red Election”; and Endeavor Content strengthens management team.The English Premier League soccer championship has agreed a proposal for a three-year renewal of U.K.

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 Set in the mythic mid-American landscape in the year of 1890, “The English” follows Cornelia Locke (Blunt), an Englishwoman who arrives into the new and wild landscape of the West to wreak revenge on the man she sees as responsible for the death of her son.  Upon meeting Eli Whipp (Spencer), an ex-cavalry scout and member of the Pawnee Nation by birth, they join together and discover a shared history that must be defeated at all costs, if either of them is to survive.“The English” is written

BBC One and Amazon have rounded out the cast for their six-part Western The English, with the likes of Chaske Spencer (The Twilight Saga), Rafe Spall (Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom), and Toby Jones (Marvellous) joining headliner Emily Blunt.

Manori Ravindran International EditorProduction has begun on the BBC and Amazon Studios’ Western series “The English,” starring Emily Blunt.